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Polar & expedition maps

Browse 111 source-linked records about polar & expedition maps, with evidence labels, original sources and limitations.

Historical artifacts, claims and scientific context retain their own labels. Inclusion in this collection does not establish a claim as true.

• Historical record

  Adélie Land sledge route — Australasian Antarctic Expedition

  Separately numbered original manuscript in the Australasian Antarctic Expedition records; inventory item 17, 64cm x 91cm. Nunatak. Commonwealth Bay. Cape Pigeon Rookery.

• Historical record

  Amundsen’s South Pole expedition routes

  A separately catalogued expedition or regional map; scale 1 : 6 000 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Antarctic chart annotated by Captain J. K. Davis

  Annotated nautical chart preserved in the Davis collection, NAA P2819.

• Historical record

  Antarctic exploration map by Bayliss

  South-centered azimuthal equidistant map compiles Antarctic exploration.

• Historical record

  Antarctic exploration routes between 20°W and 110°E

  A separately catalogued expedition or regional map; scale 1 : 3 000 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Antarctic map of magnetic compass variation

  Magnetic survey, not geographic-pole map.

• Historical record

  Aurora ship plans: side view and decks

  Separately numbered original manuscript in the Australasian Antarctic Expedition records; inventory item 1, 70cm x 101 cm.

• Historical record

  Aurora’s deep-sea depth measurements

  Bathymetric observations from Mawson expedition voyages of 1912–1913.

• Historical record

  Aurora’s first Antarctic voyage and Western Base work

  Separately numbered original manuscript in the Australasian Antarctic Expedition records; inventory item 5, 70cm x 103 cm.

• Historical record

  Aurora’s route through the Davis Sea

  Separately numbered original manuscript in the Australasian Antarctic Expedition records; inventory item 9, 61cm x 101cm.

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  Aurora’s routes near Shackleton Ice Shelf, 1912–1914

  Separately numbered original manuscript in the Australasian Antarctic Expedition records; inventory item 10, 67cm x 101cm.

• Historical record

  Bartholomew’s South Polar map

  J. G. Bartholomew polar geography.

• Historical record

  Bayliss’s revised map of Antarctica

  Revised Bayliss map includes Ellsworth’s flight and later Antarctic research.

• Historical record

  Belgica expedition survey of Danco Land and nearby islands

  A separately catalogued expedition or regional map; scale Not Entered. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Bransfield’s 1820 discoveries and route — later map

  A separately catalogued expedition or regional map; scale 1 : 2 650 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Buache’s map of the southern lands

  A southern-region chart compiled from Bouvet de Lozier’s expedition material. The BnF dates this edition to 1754. It is not a modern subglacial survey and is distinct from later Buache maps.

• Historical record

  Chart comparing Nimrod and Aurora voyage routes

  Separately numbered original manuscript in the Australasian Antarctic Expedition records; inventory item 8, 56cm x 76cm.

• Historical record

  Chart of the South Polar Sea — annotated expedition copy

  The institution catalogs a June 1839 Hydrographic Office chart with later manuscript tracks associated with John Edward Davis and Joseph Dalton Hooker during the Ross expedition. Printing and annotations are different events; this is not a claim that all later tracks were known in 1839.

• Historical record

  Daily Telegraph Map of Antarctica

  Territorial sectors and expedition plans.

• Historical record

  Discovery expedition survey map

  Discovery expedition survey coverage.

• Historical record

  Discovery expedition’s first-year exploration map

  Discovery routes, winter quarters and observation-balloon site.

• Historical record

  Discovery II survey of the South Shetland Islands

  Survey corrections are marked on a chart derived from Admiralty chart3205.

• Historical record

  Discovery II surveys and ocean-depth measurements

  A separately catalogued expedition or regional map; scale 1 : 2 250 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Eastern sledge route from the expedition’s Second Base

  Separately numbered original manuscript in the Australasian Antarctic Expedition records; inventory item 22, 69cm x 103cm. Shackleton Glacier. Harrison Island. Watson's Nunataks. New Island. Bay of Winds. Kennedy Island. Watson Glacier. Mount Davis. Pyramid Mount.

• Historical record

  Eastern sledge routes across King George V Land

  A separately catalogued expedition or regional map; scale 1 : 1 000 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Elephant Island map from the 1970 expedition survey

  A separately catalogued expedition or regional map; scale 1 : 132 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Expedition map of Macquarie Island

  Separately numbered original oversized, formerly at maxx 889.8/1913/1. in the Australasian Antarctic Expedition records; inventory item 12, .

• Historical record

  Expedition maps of the Mackellar Islets

  Separately numbered original manuscript in the Australasian Antarctic Expedition records; inventory item 13, 101cm x 69cm.

• Historical record

  Four maps of Graham Land as known in 1934–1937

  A separately catalogued expedition or regional map; scale 1 : 12 000 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  French Antarctic Expedition exploration map, 1903–1905

  A separately catalogued expedition or regional map; scale 1 : 2 500 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  German South Polar Expedition routes and discoveries

  A separately catalogued expedition or regional map; scale 1 : 6 000 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Graham Land coastal survey map, 1935–1936

  A separately catalogued expedition or regional map; scale 1 : 750 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Graham Land expedition map, 1935–1937

  A separately catalogued expedition or regional map; scale 1 : 3 500 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Graham Land sledge journeys, flights and mapped discoveries

  A separately catalogued expedition or regional map; scale 1 : 1 000 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  How maps of Alexander and Charcot Islands changed, 1821–1960

  A separately catalogued expedition or regional map; scale 1 : 7 000 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Illustrated view of Amundsen’s South Pole route

  Amundsen route illustration; not aerial photography.

• Historical record

  Index to the Antarctic million-scale map series

  A separately catalogued mid-twentieth-century topographic map; scale 1 : 250 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Kircher’s imagined map of Atlantis

  Kircher’s imagined Atlantic island.

• Historical record

  Macquarie Island expedition hut plan and map

  Separately numbered original manuscript in the Australasian Antarctic Expedition records; inventory item 11, 41cm x 74cm.

• Historical record

  Main Base at Commonwealth Bay — expedition locality map

  Separately numbered original manuscript in the Australasian Antarctic Expedition records; inventory item 14, 51cm x 72cm. Commonwealth Bay.

• Historical record

  Map around Discovery’s winter base near McMurdo Sound

  Detailed McMurdo-area survey.

• Historical record

  Map of Alexander Island and Charcot Island

  A separately catalogued expedition or regional map; scale 1 : 1 000 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Map of Asia showing Western and Chinese Tartary

  Map distinguishes Western and Chinese Tartary.

• Historical record

  Map of Central Asia and its regional names

  Later regional naming provides comparison with earlier Tartary labels.

• Historical record

  Map of Endurance’s drift through Antarctic waters

  A separately catalogued expedition or regional map; scale 1 : 7 500 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Map of Hasselborough Bay, Macquarie Island

  Separately numbered original manuscript in the Australasian Antarctic Expedition records; inventory item 7, 56cm x 77cm.

• Historical record

  Map of lands and seas around the South Pole

  Early charted Antarctic coastline.

• Historical record

  Map of Lincoln Ellsworth’s Antarctic crossing

  A separately catalogued expedition or regional map; scale 1 : 12 000 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Map of Norwegian Antarctic expedition work

  A separately catalogued expedition or regional map; scale 1 : 30 500 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Map of part of the Victoria Land coast

  A separately catalogued expedition or regional map; scale Not Entered. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Map of Queen Maud Range and Axel Heiberg Glacier

  A separately catalogued expedition or regional map; scale 1 : 316 800. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Map of Scott’s Northern Party explorations

  A separately catalogued expedition or regional map; scale 1 : 5 000 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Map of the Asian regions labeled Tartary

  Published edition of a 1706 map distinguishing several Tartaries.

• Historical record

  Map of Winter Quarters, Penguin Point and Dreadnought Bluff

  Separately numbered original manuscript in the Australasian Antarctic Expedition records; inventory item 20, 30cm x 49 cm.

• Historical record

  Maps from Bellingshausen’s Antarctic expedition

  Atlas records the 1819–1821 southern voyage.

• Historical record

  Maps from the United States Exploring Expedition

  Original expedition atlas includes an Antarctic continent chart.

• Historical record

  Maps of Charcot’s French Antarctic expedition, 1908–1910

  A separately catalogued expedition or regional map; scale 1 : 5 000 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Mawson expedition’s Antarctic exploration area

  A separately catalogued expedition or regional map; scale 1 : 15 000 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Mawson’s Antarctic coastal surveys, 1929–1931

  Single sheet records Mawson’s coastal survey work and astronomical position fixes.

• Historical record

  Mawson’s proposed Antarctic terrain — based on information then available

  A separately catalogued expedition or regional map; scale 1 : 40 000 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Morning’s route on the second Antarctic relief expedition

  A separately catalogued expedition or regional map; scale 1 : 15 000 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Navigation chart south of 20° south latitude

  J. D. Potter great-circle sailing chart.

• Historical record

  Nimrod expedition’s route to the South Magnetic Pole

  Separate Nimrod magnetic-pole survey sheet.

• Historical record

  Nimrod expedition’s southern sledging route

  Nimrod southern-route survey sheet.

• Historical record

  Nimrod exploration and survey map

  Map traces the expedition’s distinct survey parties.

• Historical record

  North Head, Macquarie Island — coastal depth chart

  Separately numbered original manuscript in the Australasian Antarctic Expedition records; inventory item 6, 56cm x 77cm.

• Historical record

  Northern Base in the Argentine Islands — expedition map

  A separately catalogued expedition or regional map; scale 1 : 15 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Ocean-depth chart marked with Aurora’s route

  Separately numbered original manuscript in the Australasian Antarctic Expedition records; inventory item 3, 70cm x 105 cm.

• Historical record

  Ortelius’s map of Tartary and the Great Khan’s realm

  Historic Asian regional designation; not evidence of a global lost empire.

• Historical record

  Preliminary map of Shackleton Ice Shelf and nearby coast

  Polar-stereographic preliminary base map of Shackleton Ice Shelf and adjacent coast.

• Historical record

  Proposed routes for Antarctic exploration

  Bartholomew map advocates future exploration.

• Historical record

  Research stations visited on Southern Ocean cruises

  A separately catalogued expedition or regional map; scale 1 : 45 000 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Ross South Polar Chart

  Expedition routes and geographic knowledge recorded on a historical southern-polar chart.

• Historical record

  Scott’s Terra Nova expedition routes and operating area

  Terra Nova expedition operations and final-journey locations.

• Historical record

  Sea-survey atlas from the Belgica expedition

  Lecointe’s map appendix documents expedition navigation and coastlines.

• Historical record

  Sledge-journey map — Australasian Antarctic Expedition

  Separately numbered original manuscript in the Australasian Antarctic Expedition records; inventory item 16, 54cm x 75cm. East party shown green. Coast party shown red. Commonwealth Bay. Adelaide Land. Nunatak. Mount Murchison.

• Historical record

  South Polar regions map accompanying H. R. Mill’s paper

  A separately catalogued expedition or regional map; scale 1 : 40 000 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  South Pole map with uncharted southern land

  Hondius-derived polar map; center remains uncertain.

• Historical record

  Southern and eastern coastal sledge routes — Australasian expedition

  Separately numbered original manuscript in the Australasian Antarctic Expedition records; inventory item 19, 67cm x 44cm. Adelie Land.

• Historical record

  Southern Base at Marguerite Bay — expedition map

  A separately catalogued expedition or regional map; scale 1 : 500 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Southern Hemisphere map showing Cook’s voyage tracks

  Cook voyage tracks surround an uncharted center.

• Historical record

  Southern sledge-party route across King George V Land

  Separately numbered original manuscript in the Australasian Antarctic Expedition records; inventory item 18, 101cm x 69cm.

• Historical record

  Soviet Antarctic expedition routes and stations

  Map insert documents Soviet traverse routes, ship tracks and stations.

• Historical record

  Soviet map of an ice-free Antarctic coastal area

  Soviet topographic mapping of an Antarctic ice-free coastal region.

• Historical record

  Soviet map of the Antarctic plateau

  Soviet Antarctic plateau mapping.

• Historical record

  Soviet overview map of Antarctica

  Soviet overview map issued at 1:20,000,000.

• Historical record

  Stanford’s map of the Antarctic region

  Stanford regional map.

• Historical record

  Swedish Antarctic Expedition exploration map, 1902–1903

  A separately catalogued expedition or regional map; scale 1 : 3 000 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Topographic map of Aker Peaks & Cape Borley, Enderby Land - Kemp Land

  A separately catalogued mid-twentieth-century topographic map; scale 1 : 250 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Topographic map of Bjerko Peninsula, Mac.Robertson Land

  A separately catalogued mid-twentieth-century topographic map; scale 1 : 250 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Topographic map of Church Mountain, Mac. Robertson Land

  A separately catalogued mid-twentieth-century topographic map; scale 1 : 250 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Topographic map of Crohn Massif, Mac. Robertson Land

  A separately catalogued mid-twentieth-century topographic map; scale 1 : 250 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Topographic map of Hansen Mountains, Kemp Land

  A separately catalogued mid-twentieth-century topographic map; scale 1 : 250 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Topographic map of Law Promontory, Kemp Land

  A separately catalogued mid-twentieth-century topographic map; scale 1 : 250 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Topographic map of Mawson & Mount Twintop, Mac. Robertson Land

  A separately catalogued mid-twentieth-century topographic map; scale 1 : 250 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Topographic map of McLeod Nunataks, Enderby Land

  A separately catalogued mid-twentieth-century topographic map; scale 1 : 250 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Topographic map of Mount Codrington & Proclamation Island, Enderby Land

  A separately catalogued mid-twentieth-century topographic map; scale 1 : 250 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Topographic map of Mount Henderson & Anniversary Nunataks, Mac. Robertson Land

  A separately catalogued mid-twentieth-century topographic map; scale 1 : 250 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Topographic map of Mount Riiser-Larsen, Enderby Land

  A separately catalogued mid-twentieth-century topographic map; scale 1 : 250 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Topographic map of Nye Mountains, Enderby Land

  A separately catalogued mid-twentieth-century topographic map; scale 1 : 250 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Topographic map of Oygarden Group, Kemp Land

  A separately catalogued mid-twentieth-century topographic map; scale 1 : 250 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Topographic map of Rayner Peak & Dismal Mountains, Enderby Land - Kemp Land

  A separately catalogued mid-twentieth-century topographic map; scale 1 : 250 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Topographic map of Scullin Monolith, Mac. Robertson Land

  A separately catalogued mid-twentieth-century topographic map; scale 1 : 250 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Topographic map of Simpson Peak, Enderby Land

  A separately catalogued mid-twentieth-century topographic map; scale 1 : 250 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Topographic map of Stinear Nunataks, Mac. Robertson Land

  A separately catalogued mid-twentieth-century topographic map; scale 1 : 250 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Topographic map of Tange Promontory, Enderby Land

  A separately catalogued mid-twentieth-century topographic map; scale 1 : 250 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Topographic map of Vincennes Bay, Wilkes Land

  A separately catalogued mid-twentieth-century topographic map; scale 1 : 250 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.

• Historical record

  Visscher’s map of Asia, including Tartary

  Asian geography labels a broad Tartaria region.

• Historical record

  Western Base map — Australasian Antarctic Expedition

  Separately numbered original manuscript in the Australasian Antarctic Expedition records; inventory item 21, 61cm x 101cm. Harrison Islet. Shackleton Glacier. Queen Mary Land.

• Historical record

  Western Base sledge routes — Australasian Antarctic Expedition

  Map records Western Base exploration tracks from 1912–1914.

• Historical record

  Wilkins’s 1928 discoveries in Graham Land — map

  A separately catalogued expedition or regional map; scale 1 : 6 250 000. It records historical cartographic knowledge, not evidence of hidden continents.